SurveillanceHigh
Detroit Police Allegedly Wrongfully Arrested Black Man Due to Purportedly Faulty Facial Recognition Technology
- Occurred
- Jan 30, 2020
- Published
- Jun 29, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Black man was allegedly wrongfully detained by the Detroit Police Department as a result of a purportedly false facial recognition technology (FRT) result.
Developers
- DataWorks Plus
Deployers
- Detroit Police Department
Harmed parties
- Robert Julian-Borchak Williams
- Black people in Detroit
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Wrongful arrest due to faulty facial recognition constitutes a serious harm involving surveillance technology.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8